Lidl reviews

Extremely overworked. Only people promoted are the people who work directly with the Director of each department. Zero understanding of work like balance and boundaries after the work day. Almost every single senior manager, director and board members is shipped from Europe and have very little cultural competency of the US and are extremely judge mental of the Americans they are trying to sell to. Many managers were horrible bosses and took credit for themselves. Incredibly high turn over at HQ and in stores. Extremely antiquated systems to work with, making a simple job quite taxing and tedious because they won’t pay for the newer systems. European employees receive astronomically more benefits than American employees. They hire retroactively instead of proactively, putting pressure on all current employees until everyone quits, putting more pressure on the remaining employees and then not increasing pay or benefits to those that stayed and helped.

A typical day at work involves running on a tight schedule like a robot. No moment is wasted. What I mean by this, is that even if you are standing at a cash register, if there is nobody in the line, you can't stand there. You must unpack a pallet nearby while keeping an eye on the till and the self check area. You are exposed to extreme cold The shoes are akin to something from the Spanish Inquisition. You will go home with severe physical pain even if you are young and in shape. You are doing heavy lifting, pulling, and pushing around the clock. You will be mistreated while you do it. The management is worse than incompetent. They are just bad people. The workplace culture is sociopathic. The worst things about this job, are not the tasks, but the management and culture while you work your behind off. No there is no employee discount and no you will not have an hour lunch break, they get out of that by making you take two 15 minute breaks instead. Only enough time to stare at your phone, not time for a human being to have a reasonable segment of time to recharge at an abusive job. Do not work here. The wage they offer serves only to prey on the poor and the young.